Göbeklitepe Ancient Board Game

Design: Altuğ Karakahya
Location: Turkey
Project Type: Produced
Client: Arketip Arts
Product Launch Location: Turkey
Packaging Contents: Handcrafted Board Games
Packaging Substrate / Materials: Fabric, Polymer clay
Printing Process: UV Print

Göbeklitepe, which has a sacred consciousness, bears the traces of productivity culture. In addition, it is the oldest known cult building group with its beliefs about death and rebirth, the belief that there is life after death, and compositions applied on stones.

My work is an ancient board game consisting of t-columns, animal drawings, figures and the mythical meanings of symbols, which play an important role in the building art of this sacred area.

Graphic applications were made on fabric with UV printing. Figures, T-Pillars and Center T-Pillars are hand modeled with polymer clay as the closest miniature replica to reality.